The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-07-15
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adjourned session. Hc-uimr uouunc
Su,incss.- WatcrNorl. ,on.tlcr,d.
Council met ats O'Clock ,cstcrde,
evening Minutes read aud ador,ed
1 h. ordinance committee wa. ordcrtJ
to draft an ordiuAu,. defining the
re- lcctiyc dutio- OF sanitary police.
man and marshall The street com.
mittce reported recommendation
! that the city engineer be- it ,'utctcd to
yet tie true line OF North Fourth
stIcct. and that owners of property
, running in'o the street be required
to move back their fences. Moved
that report he adopted
Amended to include South Fourth
street. Motion carried.
1t further asked to he furnished
with a digcsl.of oil ordinance, rela.
ting to streets aud ALLEYS. The work
was ordered done.
On Mulberry avenue the committee
moved that the city attorney tah steps
to open that alley. Thc motion pie.
vailed
Inc committee reported that deed
made by Dr WORT um to "a portion
of seventh street, and for which the
city paid $3.50, Is worthless. Refer
rcdIo city attori cy and city engineer
Committee on police reporter that
MIR. Bruhl. who has been feeding city
prisoners. had res gued. as.igni, tor
u reason that the cjty council
seems to Lc determined 10 -hayo hi,
accounts and put them OIL each month
aud that - new arrangement ha- been
made with MIR. CAruanc.c. ur French
lum, to take tho place 1T Mr. Bruhl at
same price Report OF committee
Inljptcd. The price per meal for
pri-urcrs is be. Account of Mr..
Jackson for seven day, work referred
| to finance committee
Oner OF Geo. Rolls TO sell Part of "A
street RET, rred TO city attorney to
| Investigate tltc.
Petitions of \. L. Foster and Of
| MIR. Dsrrow and Ayclhc ~ Co.. to
erect certain building-, granted.
Petition of Mr.. GumDre,l 10 sell the
city land for street rejected.
The subject of water works was
taken up 1'he propo .tion of the
Waco water company WAS read
Alderman smith moved that the
! proposition be rejected. seconded
by Alderman l'ibbs. Alderman smith
speakirg to the motion said ho would
not pvy ~ per hYcrnt. II was too
much.
Alderman Goode did not favor re-
jecling. He was opposed to bonding
II a contract satisfactory TO the city
could not be made Withihi~ company II
could Doe made with another company
llo favored referring TO special
committee. lie thought 81 toe
much.
Alderman Flournoy spoke 20 III,
motion lie was not il favor O
summarily disposiug of this proposi
ton. He had canyasscd cililcn'
! especially large tax payers, ana h
( found them against bonding except ?
, "a last resource. We should get ito
a nestle rates rs low as possible. IT.
e moved as "A substitute TINT tie mayo
e appoint one from each ward TO forl
r n special committee to consider tn
r proposition and report to the mex
e council meeting.
[ Alderman smith said he was will
s in that MIR White should accep
J.. such contract b, the lumau con
: tract.
90 Alderman stephenson favored tn
substitute.
Alderman Curuihcrs opposed
Was proposition 10y u concern tn,
lad failed every way The peopl
were impatient, they wanted some
thing done. We know nothing, h
V said, about this system of wat,
works
Alderman Tibb- aid he would vot
to reject even il it were So per ny
?, drant. The streams 10 be throw
= had no force, small streams add {
!. the ilames llc went ON irOl
=, au engineers point or view
show that the streams in the contra,
e were wholly inadequate. lie argue
z that the city council could not saiel
> pass On the mcri- OF the system 4
q the Waco water company IL shoul
u have the advice of an expert Tn
II substitute was carried by u vote OF
d to I, and the proposition referred.
). The mayor appo .ntcd the tollOWin
committee I r.t ward. McCullOcl
Second ward. ribbs; Third ward ca
rulhcr-. Fourth ward, Flournoy; fItt
ward, Wallace The mayor urge
- Immediate work by the committc
T. He deprecated the lesst decay.
: Ordinance 10 bond the city 70
!. water works was read second tim
d. The ordinance Was amended TO max
! 100000 to read $3.50 OOO time TO req
:, twenty year-, and other changes wef
= made. The ordinance Us amended Nu
a ordered published Que time.
Further time ON DR.. Burleson'- pc
tition was granted committe'.
The luman matter, when called J
4 its order, excited laughter AID Wa
r passed over.
q The council adjourned.
TnE FALL OF IuE BNSTILE.
:, Al GALVESTON.
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